i fully admit i might have missed them...or maybe im just unaware....but how many times has pac been interviewed on sportscenter???(i realize that it was a very slow day yesterday for sportscenter the day after the all star break...lotta time to fill).....but why do people insist that pac is still the bigger draw??? get it through yer heads people....floyd is still the one the american fans know....wwe...dancing with the stars...tv commercials....the floyd/oscar fight was hyped and pushed on americans....yeah, it wasnt as exciting as pac/odlh....but the reality is the average american non boxing fan can recognize the name of floyd over the name of pac....pac may be the p4p guy....you can say "its pacs show" now....but the reality is floyd is still the name on the brain i think pacs team is really starting to show their cards with the demands...i dont believe its pac himself....but these guys know how careful they were in orchestrating his rise...and they arent going to let it go down the drain without gaining advantages....they make one wrong move and the big superfights could come to an end.... i like pac and all...but i cant stand the floyd hating that comes at the expense of people going ga ga over pac....in all honesty....and because i cant stand arum...id love it if somehow golden boy had a secret handshake deal with cotto....where cotto wouldnt take the pac fight...and move to golden boy next year....and shane, cotto, and floyd shut pac out....leaving him with no big superstar names....and arum sitting there with egg on his face....and pac is left to fight JMM, valero, or nate campbell/bradley....lolol....that would be some ****
you're talking about a guy who just made Times top 100 most influential people, Forbes magazine's celebrity 100 list, is doing Nike commercials with Kobe Bryant, and thats just a small portion of it
didnt say that....but its the prime market...hence calzaghe/ lacy fighting at like 2 am to accommodate american fans....and that was a regular fight on friggin showtime.....sorry...but almost everything revolves around the american market.... ph1lla...i hear you...he is influential....he has the phillipines on his back....thats what makes him influential...and puts him on that list...hes the pride of a country....its great and all...but that country brings little to nothing to the table as far as generating revenue
he's more popular than pac huh? we'll have to wait and see how much his fight bombs come September 19th. Hopefully UFC will have a nice lineup on that same date.
Duh! Pacman is in the philippines, mayweather is in the united states! Switch them places and well see if you will same the same bull**** you are saying now.
I don't think those Nike ads with Kobe are gonna air only in the Philippines. I live in Canada... The other day I was watching an advertisement for a sports network, TSN2. They were advertising it on the regular TSN. They showed Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Alex Rodriguez, and guess who else... Manny Pacquiao.
is he more popular than pac? no...popularity is based on being "liked"...floyd isnt very well liked....mostly by people who probably have low self esteem.....pac is well "liked"...he is quiet and humble....so no floyd isnt more popular....but his name is more easily recognized by the american public
The question you need to ask yourself is do people like to watch him fight? The answer is a resounding NO!
cmon man...stop trying to put words in my mouth....i never said those adds were only going to be aired in the phillipines....i see yer point....and i know what you were trying to say...but this is a thread...and you dont need to insinuating that im saying things that i didnt say thats all fine...i side with floyd....most people side with pac...i understand well never really fully see eye to eye.....yes pac is doing a nike campaign....and of course...they are going to air pac in commercials....hes been fighting the last two years.....while floyd was doing commericals...going on one of americas most popular tv shows....and starring in the wwe which is also a worldwide attraction and windingo...if floyd fights 3 more times...and this is all contingent on him winning...hes taking home at least 75 mil....so dont worry about whos gonna pay what to see him fight...hell be taking that home regardless
With the current numbers on JMM if floyd fights 3 more times he is taking home $75 mil like he took home $20 mil from the WWE.
i know i know..i get it...hehehe...they announced a fake salary to floyd mayweather in a fake entertainment sport.... floyd is taking home 15 mil from the JMM no matter what it does....and this isnt really a mega fight....15 mil aint to shabby for a fight of this caliber(floyd and JMM are my two favorite fighters in the world...so im not disrespecting this as a matchup....but i know where it stands as far as mega fights).....and nobody is taking 27 percent from floyd(save yer IRS jokes).....do you honestly think that pac would even take in 15 mil for pac/jmm 3??? i doubt it